# Questions Only thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667 "2020-06-22T15:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 244
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4862 "2022-12-26T21:35:48Z")
Would it help if you’re Young? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4863 "2022-12-26T21:42:53Z")
What about Crosby and Nash? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4864 "2022-12-26T21:45:16Z")
Is there an echo in here? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4865 "2022-12-26T22:14:04Z")
If there is, should we just try to carry on? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4866 "2022-12-26T22:16:20Z")
You wouldn’t happen to be a wayward son, would you? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4867 "2022-12-26T22:25:20Z")
Would you believe I’ve been a long time gone? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4868 "2022-12-26T22:28:06Z")
Are you one of those people who’re born to Rimbaud? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4869 "2022-12-26T22:36:33Z")
Are we talking about Sylvester Stallone now? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4870 "2022-12-27T17:15:56Z")
Perhaps you just breathe Baudelaire? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4871 "2022-12-27T17:25:03Z")
Well, don’t you think I should try to stay in my own Verlaine? (Am I trying to reach too far with these?) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4872 "2022-12-27T17:25:40Z")
Have you _read_ some of the other posts in this thread? And did you know I was quoting Don Henley, by the way? > **[Don Henley – Drivin' with Your Eyes Closed](https://genius.com/Don-henley-drivin-with-your-eyes-closed-lyrics)** > > I met a Frenchman in a field last night / He was out there with an easel painting carnival light / He said, " I used to paint the Princess, I used to paint the frogs / Now I paint ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4873 "2022-12-27T17:28:17Z")
Would you believe that Henley song has gone completely unnoticed by me until just now? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4874 "2022-12-27T17:29:09Z")
Well, it’s not his most famous, is it? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4875 "2022-12-27T17:33:50Z")
Wouldn’t you have to admit it’s not up there with “Dirty Laundry” in terms of public recognition? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4876 "2022-12-27T17:40:53Z")
Did you know I actually don’t like that song? Wouldn’t you agree that “The Boys of Summer,” “New York Minute,” “The Last Worthless Evening” and “You Don’t Know Me at All” are all better songs? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6RUIeX6UCT8/maxresdefault.jpg "Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RUIeX6UCT8) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylU04ZZM3GI) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xn9eNkl1nWo/hqdefault.jpg "Don Henley - The Last Worthless Evening") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn9eNkl1nWo) At 10:24 here: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bM-uxOHmE7c/maxresdefault.jpg "D.O.N H.E.N.L.E.Y Greatest Hits Full Album 2022 | Best Of D.O.N H.E.N.L.E.Y Playlist") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM-uxOHmE7c) ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4877 "2022-12-27T17:48:55Z")
So are you telling me it’s okay, then, if I say I’ve always found “Dirty Laundry” a bit too heavy handed for my taste? But that “Boys of Summer” and “You Don’t Know Me at All” in particular are fine pieces of work? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4878 "2022-12-27T18:25:05Z")
Well, sure, why not? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4879 "2022-12-27T18:38:20Z")
Don Henley sure has had a lot of hits, hasn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4880 "2022-12-27T18:39:17Z")
Even if you don’t count his time with the Eagles? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4881 "2022-12-27T18:39:58Z")
Why wouldn’t we count Eagles hits? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=243) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=245)